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The post below was kindly written by Bex Hogan, author of Venom.
2020 isn’t here to play. To quote a certain Jamaican crab, ‘the human world is a mess.’ Countries on fire, wars raging, immigrants imprisoned, refugees abandoned – not to…
YA author, Adi Alsaid, shares his Advice for teen activists
The post below was kindly written by Adi Alsaid, author of We Didn't Ask For This.
Author’s note: There’s an obvious omission of anything COVID-19 related in my answers below. I still believe all of what I wrote applies in the world of the…
Natalie Hibberd shares her top five inspirational fictional women
"Her astonishing optimism in the face of evermore dire circumstances is a trait of which I am in awe."
Unpregnant authors discuss writing about abortion in YA
"Abortion just isn’t something teens (or anyone) seem to talk about a lot."
Brittney Morris shares how Black Panther inspired her debut novel, SLAY
"I started asking myself what it means to be a strong black woman."
Yasmin Rahman on mental health and social media
"People can, and will, go on about how social media is ruining everything. But I’m here to tell you it’s not. It’s a saviour to many."
Clare Rees on discussing climate change in fiction
"Climate change is looking likely to be the most important crisis of the next century, if not the most important crisis this millennium."
Sif Sigmarsdóttir shares her top five YA thrillers
My Top Five YA Thrillers (For Old Farts – And Everyone Else)
Sophie Cameron on Peter Pan and teenage escapism
"Like the Darling children’s and Brody’s adventures, escaping into stories won’t ward off any real-life challenges –but perhaps it can leave us feeling a little more prepared to face them."
Akemi Dawn Bowman on the importance of mental health in YA
"I want the beautiful and the ugly and all the in-betweens."
Louise Leverett on travel, love and writing
From Rome, With Love
by Louise Leverett
When the earth’s population is over seven billion it might seem ridiculous that you could ever find yourself alone. I live in London: as some might say, the hard-faced concrete jungle where…